Burnishing wheel for boots and shoes



am. 6, 1925. 1,522,056 J. HAN SQN BURNISHING WHEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES Filed April 6, 1921 INVENTOR,

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J. AT ORNEY Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

JAMES Hanson, or ros'ronrA, OHIO.

BURNISH NG WHE L FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Application filed. April 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns HANSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Burnishing' Wheels for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to burnishing wheels for use in connection with the manufacture of boots and shoes, and its object is to provide a wheel for finishing the leather by putting wax thereon to give a finish. V

In accordance with the invention, there is provided a split leather cover constructed for ready application to the burnishing wheel without any necessity of dismantling the wheel further than to permit the application and removal of the leather.

The wheel may follow the usual lines and the leather is provided in a strip of sufficient length to encircle the wheel with the side edges of the leather strip formed into tongues for the application of a pucker string at each side laced through the tongue and drawn tightly to make the strip conform to the peripheral portion of the burnishing wheel and extend along the sides thereof where it may be held by the pucker string confined by suitable heads so that no parts are exposed to become caught and cause harm or destruction.

Split leather is used for this purpose, be cause of its lasting qualities and capability of holding the wax used in the burnishing process. Practice has shown that the use of split leather for holding the wax is far superior to the use of cloth for a like purpose on account of the lasting qualities of the leather over that of cloth, for the cloth has a life of only about two weeks, while leather will last from one to two years male ing the leather far more economical, despite higher first cost for the material employed, the labor of applying a new leather covering being about the same as that of applying a cloth covering.

The invention will be best understoodfrom a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing, but may be changed and 1921. Serial No. 458,880.

modified so long as such changes and modi fications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

, Fig. 1 is an end view of a burnishing head embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view similarto Fig. 1 but with the near end cap removed and a portion of the leather cover in section.

Fig. 3 isan edge view of the burnishing head with one-half of it in diametric section.

Fig 4 is a display view of the leather cover.

In the drawing, there is shown a shaft 1 which may be considered as the shaft upon which the burnishing head is: mounted, and carried by the shaft there is a sleeve 2 having at one end a radially expanded head 3, and at the other end an exteriorly threaded extension e which latter receives another head 5. Between the two heads and carried by the sleeve 2, is a buffing wheel 6 having a relatively soft peripheral covering 7 to which is applied a leather strip 8. The filling 7 constitutes a soft backing for the leather strip 8 and that portion of the leather strip beneath which the backing 7 is located constitutes the burnishing surface, the leather, in practice, being there covered with wax to impart the desired finish to the boot or shoe.

It is to be noted particularly that the use of the split leather covering, with the split side out, results in the important advantage that the split surface being somewhat rough in comparison to the original surface of the leather, retains the wax thereon much better than the usual cloth or ordinary leather, so that a superior gloss is obtained on the shoe.

Each edge of the strip 8, which is long enough to encircle the buffing wheel 6 and peripheral covering 7 is formed into a series of tapering tongues 9 connected to the body of the strip 8 with each tongue separated from the neighboring tongues by perforations 10 so that the tongues may be readily bent into contact with the sides of the buffing wheel without liability of tearing or distortion. This bending is enhanced by the presence of intermediate perforations 11 in line with the perforations 10 and midway of the width of the outer end of each tongue 9 is another perforation 12 pera portion of mitting the lacing of a strand 13 through the perforations 12 for holding the two side portions of the strip 8 in place and taut to maintain the split leather covering firmly on the wheel against any slipping.

The leather strip 8 is applied about the body of the burnishing wheel 6 so that the ends slightly overlap, the head 5 being in the meantime removed. The lacing or pucker string 13 on each side'of' the burnishing head is drawn tight and the ends of each string are tied together 'or otherwise fastened and lodged beneath therespective head 3 or 5 asthe case may be, these heads being sucfiiciently hollow to acconnnofdate the strings an-d'the tongues 9. By means of the pucker strings 13, the leather strip 8 may be applied as tightly as desired or necessary and then the head 5 replaced and screwed on the sleeve'2 until both heads bear upon the tongues 9'a-nd aid in'holdi-ng the leather strip to the bufiing wheel. A screw laholds the head 3 t the shaft 1 and the head when screwed *tight'holds the head 5 to the shaft 1 through the'screw 14:.

'In practice, the split'leather has been used in the'burnishing process.

found advantageous in its lasting qualities for the particular work which it is to do and in its holding qualities for the wax Prior to this invention, cloth has been employed, although theiis'e of leather has been suggested for burnishing wheels for boots and shoes,

but has hadno extent of use and, so far as a I am aware, splitleather has never before been employed for this purpose.

hat is claimed is A burnishingior finishing wheel for boots and shoes provided with a split leather covering for the "periphery of the wheel, said coveringhavilrg'marg inal tongues with perforations at their ends toreceive puckerstrings whereby to draw the tongues taut against the side'faces of the =burnishing wheel, and saidtongues where meeting the ii'itermediate portion of the leather covering having perforations through the-base por tions of the tongues.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto] a'fiixed my signature.

JAMES HANSON. 

